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The Logistics Manager Top 50 Service Providers look set to deliver year-on-year growth, with more 3PLs revealing double-digit improvements in turnover that before. As Logistics Manager compiles the data to discover the success stories of 2020, pre-Covid-19 concerns over Brexit and the strength of the UK economy have not stopped a record number of service…
Snapfulfil has said the use of its Remote Implementation service for its WMS helped it win contracts with five e-commerce specialists. Smitha Raphael, head of implementation services at Snapfulfil, said: “Our first remote projects were successfully completed in early 2020, but the pandemic has really accelerated its acceptance and demand. “On site implementation like this not only…
Palletways and Palletforce have both added new network members covering postcodes across the UK. Select Transport, based at the World Freight Centre at Manchester Airport, will cover postcodes including Altrincham, Didsbury, Sale and Wythenshaw for Palletways, while St Albans, Hertfordshire-based FTS Logistics (part of the FTS Group) has renewed its agreement with the network on…
Lockdown created seismic shifts in consumer behaviour, and the early evidence is that traditional buying patterns will not return. As a result, the demand for logistics space to serve an unsated appetite for e-commerce is high as market trends were accelerated. But are there enough big sheds to satisfy demand? Liza Helps investigates. At what…
The Freight Transport Association Ireland (FTAI) has warned that If a trade agreement between the EU and UK is not forthcoming, there will be a “deep, sharp shock” to the movement of goods between Britain and Ireland. Aidan Flynn, General Manager of FTAI, said that a no-deal Brexit would create “significant log jams in customs systems…
The spike in e-commerce sales due to Covid-19 has led to an excess of packaging used to get various goods to consumers as quickly as possible. But what is the environmental cost of these excess orders and can companies keep up with customer demand without compromising on the environment? Michelle Mooney investigates. The forthcoming Christmas…
If the conventional wisdom is correct, then approximately a third of all forklifts are powered by batteries (with a third powered by diesel and a third by gas). So for one in three forklifts, the choice of the type of battery is crucial in maximising the efficiency of materials handling equipment and warehouse workflows. Within…
Commercial property investment manager Orchard Street has won consent to re-develop a site within the Albany Park Industrial Estate in Camberley, Surrey, into a 48,406 sq ft purpose-built and operationally carbon-neutral industrial and warehouse scheme. The speculative development is expected to complete in May 2021. The project will see the transformation of a previous warehouse…
The growth of e-commerce could drive demand for some 92 million sq ft of warehouse space across the UK by 2024, according to analysis by real estate advisor Knight Frank. The analysis considers how the growth of online retail sales, which currently account for 26.6% of retail sales and peaked at 33.4% in May during…
Fashion brand 11 Degrees has awarded 3PL a multichannel order fulfilment contract. 3PL has agreed a long-term contract with the fashion brand to deliver order fulfilment for all of its online sales and key retail accounts. The contract will also allow for customers to receive an extended range of delivery options for online orders. John…
The Cabinet Office has confirmed that a Kent Access Permit will be mandatory for HGVs using the Channel crossings to the European Union from the county. The Access Permit plans – which includes a ‘Check an HGV’ service for hauliers to check if they have the correct customs documentation – form part of the wider and…
Royal Mail is to deploy fully-automated parcel sorting machines from BÖWE SYSTEC in its Tyneside, Medway, Nottingham and Southampton mail centres. With operational roll-out projected to begin next year, the automated sorters – which are capable of processing some 180,000 parcels per day and up to 10,000 parcels per hour – will join the 20 fully-automated parcel…
Two speculatively developed units at Bridgwater Gateway have been let to AMS Nuclear Engineering, in a deal negotiated by Colliers International. Units 1604 and 1605 are among a terrace of five speculative Grade A units totalling 25,000 sq ft which have been built at the 120-acre business park near J24 of the M5. These units…
Mars is looking to simplify its supply chain to deliver deforestation-free palm oil through its Palm Positive plan. Under the Palm Positive Plan, Mars will reduce the number of mills it sources from and award longer-term contracts only to suppliers who can commit to its environmental, social and ethical expectations. As a result it will…
GEODIS has warned that the maturity of some omnichannel retail offerings could hold back e-commerce growth, particularly when it comes to a lack of real-time supply chain visibility. A survey of 200 retailers in Europe and the United States conducted by the French 3PL in conjunction with Accenture, found a growing dependence on online marketplaces…
KG Distribution and SIA Automotive have both taken space at Logicor’s 629,000 sq ft Bentall Business Park in Washington, Tyne and Wear. The North-East site is now fully let following the signing of the two new leases on three industrial units. Units 13 and 14, totalling 12,000 sq ft, have been let to K&G Distribution…
Join us on 20 October 2020 for Infor’s Supply Chain Virtual Summit and discover how to achieve an agile, resilient, and responsive connected supply chain. Register free of charge to explore the latest tools via the following themed sessions to help you thrive in times of unpredictability: AGILITY: Prepare your supply chain RESILIENCE: Execute within…
L’Oréal is to deploy WMS from Manhattan in its distribution centre network throughout the world by the end of 2023. Francisco Garcia Fornaro, group supply chain director at L’Oréal said that the decision to migrate – a process scheduled to begin mid-2021 – was to improve its agility through the “digitalisation, efficiency and productivity” of its…
Freight forwarding and logistics firm DTD Logistics Solutions has snapped up a warehouse in Castleford West Yorkshire as part of its expansion plans. The company has taken a 10-year lease on the 37,555 sq ft unit which will enable it to service a number of newly awarded contracts. CBRE and Carter Towler advised the landlord,…
The NHS has been hit by shortages of products relating to the treatment of cancer, cardiac and infectious diseases after Swiss pharmaceutical firm Roche faced dispatch delays on goods from its new NDC. In response to national media reports of shortage Roche told Logistics Manager that it went live with the distribution of goods from its newly…
Sea, air and rail ports in England will be invited to bid for freeport status before the end of the year, with the government aiming for the first freeport in the UK to be open for business in 2021. Under the freeport structure, a firm can import goods into a freeport without paying tariffs, process…
Northumberland-based contract packer Assembly and Packaging Services (APS) has migrated to Nulogy’s cloud-based software for co-packers. APS said it had been using a combination of manual processes and ERP systems but said it needed to improve traceability and visibility of materials and labour productivity across its operations. Nulogy implemented the software remotely and handled the change…
UPS has warned retailers that the success of next-day delivery services could define their success during the forthcoming Christmas peak. With lockdown leading to a boom in e-commerce, with nearly 30% of retail trade being conducted online during this period according to the ONS, and seemingly no indication that this trend will be reversed. Total…
Logistics Manager would like to say a big thank you to all its readers after hitting 39,000 followers on Twitter this week. @LogisticsManagr joined Twitter back in 2009, and is now the most-followed logistics, supply chain and intralogistics title in the UK – tweeting news, insight and analysis about the sector daily. Logistics Manager Editor…
Colliers International has been appointed joint agent at Integra 61, the 205-acre industrial and logistics scheme in County Durham in the North East. Citrus Durham appointed the agency this week to join existing agent Avison Young. The agency team will jointly market the remaining 1 million sq ft of industrial/logistics space and circa 80,000 sq…
3PL e-commerce specialist Cygnia has taken a second warehouse at Prologis’ Prologis Park Pineham in Northamptonshire. It has secured a 15-year lease on DC7, a new building on the park totalling 211,304 sq ft. Cygnia Logistics Chief Executive Glenn Lindfield said: “As well as its proximity to our current distribution hub on the same Prologis…
E-commerce sales could be 169% higher than shopping in store during the Christmas peak, a survey by one artificial intelligence supplier has found. According to research by 7bridges, conducted by YouGov, 90% of shoppers believed that the availability of free delivery will influence their choice of retailer, while 80% of consumers said that a simple…
At the end of September there was just 22.6 million sq ft of Grade A floorspace available nationally, and supply levels are 17% down on the end of 2019, according to the latest research from property consultancy JLL. Ed Cole, head of logistics at JLL, said: “There is a particularly strong shift in demand for…
Lower transportation costs and improve service with a SaaS Transportation Management solution! Are you managing your own inbound and outbound freight manually? In today’s economy, a lack of visibility into movement and performance, or the inability to enforce transportation policies is not only inefficient – it can cost you customers. But imagine having one platform…
Online retailer AO has commenced operations at a 275,000 sq ft warehouse at G-Park in Stoke-on-Trent. The Stoke-on-Trent site is the third warehouse opening in four months for the online electrical goods retailer, and the fifth in its logistics network. AO said it had acquired more than 500,000 sq ft of new warehousing space across…
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